Experimental research of the failure mechanisms of sandwich specimens with facing layers from unidirectional

S.A. Kholmogorov^∗ , N.V. Levshonkova^∗∗

Kazan National Research Technical University named after A.N. Tupolev – KAI, Kazan, 420111 Russia

Kazan Federal University, Kazan, 420008 Russia

E-mail: ^∗hkazan@yandex.ru, ^∗∗chydo.n@mail.ru

Received September 19, 2022

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DOI: 10.26907/2541-7746.2022.4.357-370

For citation: Kholmogorov S.A., Levshonkova N.V. Experimental research of the failure mechanisms of sandwich specimens with facing layers from unidirectional fiber-reinforced plastic with [0°] lay-up under axial compression. Uchenye Zapiski Kazanskogo Universiteta. Seriya Fiziko-Matematicheskie Nauki, 2022, vol. 164, no. 4, pp. 357–370. doi: 10.26907/2541-7746.2022.4.357-370. (In Russian)

Abstract

An experimental technique was developed for the compression testing of sandwich specimens with thin fiber-reinforced composite facing layers. It assumes that thin layers of a composite material are tested, and their specimens, even with a very short gage length, become unstable, thereby distorting the ultimate stress value. Here, we discuss the results of our experimental studies of the failure mechanisms of sandwich specimens with facing layers having [0°] lay-up under axial compression. It was revealed that the shear buckling mode is possible in specimens with different geometrical parameters so that the ultimate stress formed in the facing layers can be taken as a mechanical characteristic when calculating the strength of composite structures. It was shown that an in-phase flexural buckling mode occurs under compression of specimens having a honeycomb core in their facing layers. A non-classical shear buckling mode is only possible in specimens with a rigid balsa core.

Keywords: fiber-reinforced composite, sandwich specimen, transversely flexible core, axial compression, shear buckling mode

Acknowledgments. This study was funded by the Russian Science Foundation (project no. 19-79-10018, manufacturing samples and carrying out experiments) and supported by the Kazan Federal University Strategic Academic Leadership Program (PRIORITY-2030, analytical solution).

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